Past Articles (HIDDEN BLOG)
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Baby Cakes’ Ace Quiets Express
April 28, 2019
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New Orleans Baby Cakes’ (13-10) starting pitcher Zac Gallen entered today’s game against the Round Rock Express (13-10) as arguably the hottest pitcher in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). While the Express managed to slightly tarnish Gallen’s statistics, they still suffered from a one-sided 9-2 loss to the Baby Cakes.…
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Austin hosts World’s Largest Jousting Tournament
April 26, 2019
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Lyst on the Lake is an annual medieval combat competition of the shores of Lake Austin in Austin, Texas. The event boasts to be the largest competitive jousting tournament in the world.
This year competition included three type of events: melee a pied, melee a cheval and joust a plaisance.…
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Explosive Offense puts Austin over Salt Lake City
April 26, 2019
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The Austin Bold scored as many goals in single game as they have in all previous game combined, and they did it playing short-handed for the entire second half. The Bold (4-4-2) beat the Real Monarch SLC (4-2-3-1) by a score of 3-2 before a home crowd.
Sean McFarlane put…
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Express Shutout Baby Cakes
April 25, 2019
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The Round Rock Express (12-8) shutout their division rivals, the New Orleans Baby Cakes (11-9), by a score of 2-0 to rebound from a deflating extra-innings loss the prior night.
Starting Express pitcher Corbin Martin (1-1) pitched 5 solid innings, shutting out the Baby Cakes and earning the win. Martin…
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Bold Confident after Draw with El Paso
April 21, 2019
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The Austin Bold (4-4-2) would have preferred winning against the El Paso Locomotive (4-4-1-1), but they were satisfied with a draw.
Why? They played the style of soccer that head coach Marcelo Serrano wanted. That style included dominance in time of possession and an aggressive defense that confined El Paso…
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Hometown Player Nets Winner for Bold
April 17, 2019
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Sonny Guadarrama scored the game’s only goal and led the Austin Bold FC (4-1-4-1) to victory over the Phoenix Rising FC (4-3-3) at Bold Stadium in Austin, Texas.
The goal was Guadarrama’s first with the Bold. Sonny celebrated the score with fans by jumping the fence stands and the pitch.…
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Express Fall with a Thump to Redbirds
April 15, 2019
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The Round Rock Express (7-5) fell to the Memphis Redbirds (5-7) 10-2 in a rare Monday morning start at the Dell Diamond. The teams split the series two wins apiece.
The Express took an early 1-0 lead on a Jack Mayfield home run to left field in the first inning.…
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Marquez’s Crash Opens Door for Rins
April 14, 2019
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Alex Rins of Team Suzuki Ecstar beat Valentino Rossi for his first MotoGP win after Marc Marquez crashed. Marquez had a four-second lead on Rossi when he suffered a lowside crash at Turn 12 on lap nine.
Marc Marquez, a five-time world champion, had won every MotoGP event at the…
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Dynavolt Intact GP Tops Moto2
April 14, 2019
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The Dynavolt Intact GP duo of Thomas Luthi and Marcel Schrotter grabbed the top spots of Moto2 in the Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the Americas. It was Luthi’s first win in Moto2 after a disappointing year competing in MotoGP.
Luthi beat Schrotter by nearly one-half…
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Crash Launches Canet to Moto3 Victory
April 14, 2019
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The Moto3 race at the Circuit of the Americas experience a major upheaval as leader, Ayumu Sasaki of Japan, crashed in the final two laps to allow Aron Canet of Spain to claim the title. Canet had maneuvered from the sixth position in the starting grid to capitalize on Sasaki’s…
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Schrotter, Luthi Control First Day Moto2
April 12, 2019
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Marcel Schrötter and Tom Lüthi of Dynavolt Intact GP controlled the first day of Moto2 free practices at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Moto2 is the middle sibling of international professional motorcycle racing. It is a step-up from Moto3, the entry-level rider development, but below MotoGP, the…
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Moto3 Brings the Future to COTA
April 12, 2019
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MotoGP has become a right of spring passage for the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. The event brings not only the best motorcycle racers in the world to COTA, but also the up-and-comers. Today was the first practice day, culminating with the Gran Prix of the Americas…
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MotoGP Returns to Austin
April 12, 2019
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MotoGP returned to Austin for the seventh year, bringing with it many familiar faces. Friday’s activity consisted of two free practices at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA).
Marc Marquez of the Repsol Honda Team is the perennial favorite. No other rider has won the Red Bull Grand Prix of…
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The Spring League Features NFL Hopefuls
April 11, 2019
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What the AAA Minor League is to MBL, or the NBA G-League is to the NBA, the Spring League (TSL) hopes to be to the NFL. TSL returned to Austin, Texas for the second consecutive year to “serve as an instructional league and showcase for professional football talent.”
I had…
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Stars Fall with Season Running Short
April 10, 2019
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The Texas Stars (36-30-4-4) dropped the first game in a critical three-game against the San Antonio Rampage (30-37-6-1) that closes out the regular season. The Stars a competing the Manitoba Moose and the Iowa Wild for the final playoff position in the Central Division.
San Antonio, however, was playing for…
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Express Kick-off 20th Home Season
April 9, 2019
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The Round Rock Express began their historic 20th anniversary season with an old-meets-new backdrop. The new is this year’s Express, the new Pacific Coast League (PCL) AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros. The old was last year’s PCL affiliate for the Texas Rangers, the former Round Rock Express, now the…
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Rookies Lift Stars over IceHogs
April 5, 2019
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The Texas Stars (36-29-4-3) used five players with a combined 30 games of professional hockey experience in their battle with the Rockford IceHogs (33-29-4-6) for the final divisional playoff spot. And those players stepped up to the challenge.
Stars’ goalkeeper Jake Oettinger, in only his second professional career game, held…
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Texas meets Texas State in Exhibition
April 4, 2019
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The University of Texas Longhorns and Texas State University Bobcats volleyball teams met for the third time in a year at Gregory Gym on the UT Campus. The last meeting was in the NCAA Regional Playoffs in November 2018.
This match-up had less on the line as both teams were…
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Astros’ AA, AAA Talent Meet in Pre-season
March 31, 2019
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The Houston Astros’ have developed a consistent World Series contenting team through the strength of their farm-team organization. Those prospects met at the Dell Diamond as the AA Corpus Christi Hooks took-on the AAA Round Rock Express.
The anticipated Opening Day roster for the Express is loaded with talent. The…
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Austin Bold top San Antonio in Inaugural
March 30, 2019
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The Austin Bold FC (3 games, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss) defeated the San Antonio FC (4,0,3,1) in their inaugural home match by a score of 1-0. A standing room only crowd of 5,803 filled Bold Stadium on a cool night stoked by a strong wind out of the…
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Texas State Competes in Texas Relays
March 30, 2019
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The Texas State University Track and Field team sent 24 athletes to the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myer Stadium. The Squad place among the top ten finishers in five of the eleven events in which they competed.
For the first time in recent memory, Texas State…
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Texas takes Manitoba in Come-from-Behind Win
March 27, 2019
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The Texas Stars pulled off an exciting come-from-behind third period win against the Manitoba Moose. It was an important win for the Stars as they fight with the Moose and two other teams for the final playoff spot in the AHL
“I think the whole group gave us good minutes…
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Rodeo Austin Competition Narrows
March 26, 2019
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Rodeo Austin entered its second week of competition, as 96 athletes competed for 16 playoff round position. The number of nightly competitors decreases in the more dangerous events as the athletes become satisfied with their chances of advancing. The two-night Playoff Round starts Thursday.
The night was not without danger,…
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Herta Become Youngest IndyCar Winner
March 24, 2019
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A mechanical problem and an accident created a record-breaking outcome to the inaugural running of the IndyCar Classic at the Circuit of the Americas. Colton Herta, six days shy of nineteenth birthday, became the youngest ever winner of an Indy car race.
Top qualifier Will Power led every lap, with…
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Power Takes Inaugural IndyCar Pole at COTA
March 23, 2019
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For the 56thtime in his career, and for the second straight time this season, Will Power of the Verizon Team Penske will take the pole position in an IndyCar Classic race to be run at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA). Power is second only to Mario Andretti for the…
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